Bernie Sees A Bird

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  • Watching the Wild Ones Come Home to Roost

    For weeks now, our garden has had regular company,  a charming little flock of turkeys. The other evening, my son came running in to report a fence-top chase already underway, wings flapping, feet scrambling for balance. By the time I got outside, the drama had settled: just two turkeys left perched on the fence, looking…

  • Nature’s Alarm Clock: the Pileated Woodpecker

    I was looking forward to sleeping in last Sunday morning but a pileated woodpecker had other plans. Its unmistakable call yanked me out of bed, and before I’d fully processed what I was doing, I’d thrown on clothes and wandered outside to find it. Still half asleep, I dropped into a chair on the back…